By Karen Zautyk When New Jersey Monthly magazine came out with its annual list of…
Category: News
Belleville Police Blotter
August 23 • Jesus Carrillo – Gonzalez, 43, of Belleville stopped on Union Terrace at 10:54…
Suspected thief caught in Newark
A local man is behind bars after having kept Kearny Police busy during the last…
Around Town
Belleville • Residents are invited to attend the Clara Maass Medical Center Community Meeting on Sept.…
Golden Griffin girls’ soccer: Movin’ on up
By Jim Hague A few weeks ago, actor Sherman Hemsley died. He was best known…
It’s ‘chill’ time for Friendly House project
BELLEVILLE – The township’s Friendly House project is back on track. About two weeks ago Township…
News from Nutley Police Blotter
Aug. 23 A cab driver called police at 11:38 p.m. to report he’d been stiffed on…
Everything old is new again for Lyndhurst public schools
By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – When Lyndhurst public school students end their summer vacations and…
Playing waiting game
By Ron Leir BELLEVILLE – It has been more than a year since the Town…
Butterflies are free’ to behold at latest addition to Kearny’s Riverbank Park
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – How do you create a butterfly garden? You…
Building Blocks for keeping kids healthy
By Karen Zautyk HARRISON – The first thing that strikes you when you walk through…
‘Airing’ concerns over Friendly House
By Ron Leir BELLEVILLE – The situation is anything but “friendly” around the proposed reconstruction…
Around Town
Belleville • St. Peter’s Rosary Confraternity is holding its communion breakfast on Oct. 7, after the…
‘Accidental’ shooting victim now in jail
Nearly a month after a local man was believed to have accidentally shot himself in his…
Real Estate Review
Let’s Talk Real Estate … Mid-Realty, Inc. 572 Kearny Ave. Kearny, NJ 07032 Phone: (201) 991-5719…
Will Civil War vet’s name be attached to Wittpenn Bridge?
By Ron Leir KEARNY – This past spring, Kearny was pushing for…
‘Hit-man’ case nets guilty plea
By Karen Zautyk A Lyndhurst woman, accused of attempting to hire a hit man to kill…
Junior cadets get law enforcement lessons
By Karen Zautyk A concerned Kearnyite called The Observer early on Tuesday, July 31, wanting…
Fall term will see makeovers at Washington Middle School …
… plus some roster & course additions at high school By Ron…
N. Arlington assault leads to ‘Bad Bloods’
By Ron Leir NORTH ARLINGTON – An incident in North Arlington ultimately led…
Pro Staff Physical Therapy comes to Kearny
By Jeff Bahr Pro Staff Physical Therapy, a full-service provider…
Belleville Blotter
August 9 Officers responded to the 70 block of Watsessing Ave. at 3:27 p.m. on a…
News from the Nutley Police blotter
Aug. 8 At 1:54 a.m. police stopped a vehicle going at an excessive rate of speed…
Around Town
Belleville St. Peter’s Rosary Confraternity is holding its communion breakfast on Oct. 7, after the 8:30…
National Night Out in Kearny draws crowds
An estimated 500 people turned out for Kearny’s annual observance of National Night Out and there…
News from the Lyndhurst Police blotter
Aug. 8 • At 9:33 a.m. the owner of a 1997 Volkswagen reported that someone entered…
Up against ‘Blue Wall’
By Ron Leir NORTH ARLINGTON – Judging from the complaints he’s filed against the borough,…
Estate sues for Hood pay
By Ron Leir BELLEVILLE – A little more than a year after she died,…